Originally Posted by jonp

I was NB at that scale and pulled in. The guy asked me to come so I gathered my stuff and wandered in not overly concerned as I was totally legal. He then informed me that he was impounding my truck. "What?" I said. He laughed at the expression on my face and told me that another driver for my company had gotten an overweight ticket and apparently didnt inform the company or pay it. The state then suspended our authority to operate in the Commonwealth of Virginia and I just happened to be the first driver across the scales. He said not to worry, if i paid the ticket he would let me go and they took Comchecks, Visa, personnal checks and, of course, cash was king! I laughed and said " I bet you do" and told him I'd be right back with a comcheck. Paid up and was on my way in 15 minutes.

Originally Posted by belpre122

What's a weigh station? :wink:

Originally Posted by GMAN

If you ever unintentionally pass a scale the best thing to do is pull to the side and stop immediately. Then get out of your truck and walk back to the scale and try to explain it to them. They may or may not give you a pass, but may require you to go to the nearest exit and come back across their scale. They could also do an inspection on your truck. They assume that you are trying to hide something when you bypass their scale. I was coming out of New York several years ago and another truck and myself just passed by a rest area where the DOT had set up. We both stopped about half way past the rest area. We both got out and went up to talk with them. They told both of us to go on. Neither of us realized they had set up until we were passing the rest area. They were very busy with a lot of other trucks. I was legal and the other guy said that he was too. I was surprised they let us go without making us turn around and going back through their check. New York is not known for being "truck" friendly. One thing about it, you cannot out run a pursuit car in an 18 wheeler.

Originally Posted by tweety bird

We've run over gross a lot over the years. With a custom sleeper and an enclosed car trailer, things can get a bit heavy. We've been pushing 80 with 6 cars and had room for a 7th and that 7th car pays quite a bit straight to my checking account. When you're pulling a tri-axle trailer, you can be over gross and not be over axle. Little piece of trivia for ya.

But we have NEVER intentionally blown by a scale. We may have chosen our routes very carefully and, in some states, just pulled right in and taken our chances with a ticket (some states are very lenient on weight and some have very low overweight fines). But blowing by is a major deal in most states- it all depends on the guy in the scale house (or in the chase car, as the case may be), but you can get it real trouble for that.

Originally Posted by bigpapa7272

i always thought wil e coyote and his acme catapault never caught the road runner meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep meeeeeeeeeeeeeep!